Friday, March 28, 2008

Up A Creek.....










Well it was one of those days again today. It started out really good and ended with a bang, and a plop. I left out of Western Pa., and was heading to Augusta, Ga. with a nice light load, hopped on US 19 down in West Virginia and came up to a stop light that changed just as I was rolling up to it, so I dropped my gear and BANG, sounded just like I blew a tire. Got off on the shoulder to get out and see which one went kapow and couldn't find it. Scratched my head a couple times wondering "WTF" (if you don't know what that means, I'm not telling ya)..... Called the boss, he guessed pretty damn good, said it must of been the turbo, and was thinking one of the hoses blew, I couldnt find any holes in the hoses but whatever the problem the truck didn't have any power, and the turbo gage stood still at zero. The boss says to turn around and go back to one of the truck stops and have them look at it, which I did, turns out it wasn't a hose at all, it was the whole damn turbo thingie that went KAPOW. Great, terrific, not what the boss wanted to hear and not what I wanted to hear, but that was what we were told. Sooo after all that excitement I had to pee, and I was thankful that I had my porta potty with me, so I crawl into the bunk so I can do my thing, and it's pitch black and I hear something hit the potty and thought to myself "WTF?" .... got my little flash light out and peered through the hole in the potty and what do I see laying at the bottom ...... my cell phone ! Oh now thats lovely, I know I talk alot of shit but thats pushing it a little far dontcha think? Whats even nicer is when the cell phone rings and the steeler fight song plays from my porta potty and vibrates across the floor, gonna be hard to top this, huh? What really saddens me is that the phone was brand new, still had the new cellphone smell (well not anymore!). Soooo I had to get another phone, they asked me if I wanted insurance on it, and I thought to myself "do you really think this will ever happen again?"..... I declined the insurance, and hopefully this phone will last a little longer.


If crime doesn't pay, my job must be a crime *wink*